College of Nursing Art and Science

Professor Miwa Kawada

We are considering how to adapt and implement the dialogic approach developed in Scandinavia for use in Japan.
In dialogue, safety and security are the foundation. Differences are respected, and everyone\'s voice is valued. Through dialogue, we hope to create a community where people with difficulties in their lives can live their own lives and have hope for the future, and where no one is left behind.

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Associate Professor Masahiro Sawada

All parts of Japan are being affected by natural disasters that are becoming increasingly severe and frequent. In the case of major damage, it is necessary not only to rebuild the lives of those affected and restore various facilities, but also to promote regional reconstruction. However, it is difficult to proceed independently in today\\\'s declining population society. We are conducting research on how we can receive support and sympathize with the victims while advancing this process, going back and forth between the field and theory.

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Associate Professor Takashi Hirai

To create a society that is not devastated by earthquakes, we must first have a comprehensive understanding of earthquake hazards. To this end, we conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research on the analysis and prediction of earthquake ground motions, subsurface structural exploration, and observation and measurement techniques. In addition, by investigating historical records remaining in the region, we are clarifying the damage caused by past disasters and the process of reconstruction, and we are continuing to train personnel to decipher historical documents.

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Professor Gou Urakawa

When a disaster strikes, disaster victims face a long road to recovery. We are accumulating lessons learned through research activities at disaster sites and conducting practical research on data-driven, leave-no-one behind support for disaster victims that can contribute to the early recovery of disaster-stricken areas.

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Professor Yasuyuki Nagano / Director of the Graduate School

While conducting building safety verification during earthquakes (seismic response analysis) and ground response analysis, we have been conducting research on the application of optimal design to actual building structures.
We are also conducting research on new design methods for building structures using computer-aided design and on urban-scale building damage simulation using supercomputers.
From the viewpoint of disaster mitigation and reconstruction studies, we are solving actual problems in the world and practicing research useful for safe and secure urban development.

School of Human Science and Environment

Professor Yutaka Mizukami

Architecture makes up the fabric of human society, and that architecture is influenced by the surrounding nature. Architecture is nothing but an expression of the relationship between the natural environment and human activity. We are studying the ideas and works of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who aimed to create a harmony between nature and human beings through organic architecture. We are also conducting research on the preservation and utilization of Wright\'s architectural works, including activities to add to the eight Wright buildings already inscribed on the World Heritage List.

School of Human Science and Environment

Associate Professor Yuichiro Oku

Local weather and climate are changing due to global warming. Global warming is now causing new meteorological phenomena to occur. Adaptation to climate change is required to bring about a sustainable society. We use numerical simulations to reproduce, predict, and analyze various spatiotemporal-scale phenomena such as typhoons, heavy rains, and heat waves, and investigate the effects of climate change on local weather and climate from the perspective of our daily lives.

School of Economics and Management

Professor Akihiko Tomono, School of Economics and Management

There is tremendous value in the history, traditions, and culture that have roots in regions. When people visit regions in search of such features, it can create a positive economic effect for the region.

In my academic research, I select a specific field every year and visit it with my students. There, we conduct questionnaires. We use the travel cost method to assess the historical, traditional, and cultural values of assets specific to the region. We also measure the economic ripple effects by performing analyses in cooperation with industries based on the expenditures of tourists to the area,

Graduate School of Engineering

Professor Syogo Ito

For such a goal, a highly durable perovskites solar cell was completed. (That is what I am holding in my hands in the picture.)

I am also doing research and development into hydrogen fuel cells with ultra-durable catalyzers and platinum-free catalyzers, in order to use that energy. (A hydrogen cabinet is pictured on the right side of the picture. Pictured on the left side is an air tank.) We will keep on creating amazing developments.

Graduate School of Engineering

Associate Professor Naohisa Takagaki

The violent winds, high tides, and heavy rainfall from typhoons cause major damage to society. In that regard, my graduate school is developing a highly accurate forecasting model of typhoons using an ultra-large mock ocean experimental tank called a “typhoon simulation tank”, the only one of its kind in Japan.

Moreover, being able to modify typhoons, much like suppressing global warming, will create a society with fewer disasters, so we are also investigating that potential.

We are also utilizing engineering to develop ocean energy technologies.